Still Time: A Novel, by Jean Hegland
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From the author of Into the Forest, a moving novel about memory, Shakespeare's green worlds, and the power of reconciliation.Until John Wilson met the warm, wise woman who became his fourth wife, the object of his most intense devotion had always been the work of William Shakespeare. From his feat of memorizing Romeo and Juliet and half a dozen other plays as a student to his evangelical zeal as a professor, John’s faith in the Bard has shaped his life. But now his mental powers have been diminished by dementia, and his wife has reluctantly moved him to a residential care facility. Even there, as he struggles to understand what’s going on around him, John's knowledge of the plays helps him make sense of his fractured world.Yet, when his only child, Miranda—with whom he has not spoken since a devastating misunderstanding a decade ago—comes to visit, John begins to question some of his deepest convictions. In his devotion to Shakespeare, did he lose his way? Did he wrong the child who wronged him? The story of an imperfect father and a wounded daughter's efforts to achieve some authentic connection even now, Still Time celebrates redemption and the gift of second chances. It is that rare novel that ends on a resounding note of hope, reminding us that there is always time to live fully and love deeply, so long as we are alive.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Still Time: A Novel, by Jean Hegland- Amazon Sales Rank: #584727 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.10" w x 6.00" l, 1.12 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Review “The wonderful Jean Hegland returns with a moving, beautiful story about what persists and what doesn't, about what can be repaired and what can't. This is a tale focused and personal, but also large and philosophical; and all of it infused with and guided by the great Shakespeare. Men are men; the best sometimes forget.”—Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves“Anyone who knows only fragments of Shakespeare will be fascinated and deeply moved by this insightful story of a Shakespeare scholar experiencing dementia. Fellow Shakespeareans will delight in the way the myriad allusions to the plays are intertwined with beautifully crafted elegiac descriptions of the old man's life in a home and his dissolving family memories. Still Time is a novel Shakespeare would be proud of.” —David Crystal, author of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and Shakespeare's Words“The tone of Still Time is deceptively quiet. Why then did I read it with heart-pounding excitement? Because it is, from start to finish, a high-wire act of literary daring. Only a master could bring off this feat. Jean Hegland brings it off.” —Rebecca Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex“This book is for anyone who appreciates a beautifully written, character-driven story . . . Heartbreaking in the best possible way.” —Booklist, starred review"Just as Into the Forest, Jean Hegland haunts yet again in Still Time, a highly evocative read, managing to strike with pinpoint accuracy at several raw emotions. It’s also a wonderfully intelligent read and Jean [Hegland] deftly weaves in characters and prose from Shakespeare’s greatest, expertly creating connections between these references and John’s deteriorating thoughts. Absolutely recommended." —Portsmouth Review
Review An absolutely riveting read from beginning to end, "Still Time" clearly documents author Jean Hegland as a superb novelist whose deftly crafted characters and thoroughly absorbing story make this one of those all to rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf. "Still Time" is very highly recommended for both community and academic library Literary Fiction collections. For personal reading lists it should be noted that "Still Time" is also available in a Kindle edition ($13.99). -Mary Cowper
About the Author Jean Hegland is the author of the novels Into the Forest and Windfalls. Into the Forest, a BookSense Reading Group Pick, Readers Choice Book Club Favorite, and Book of the Month Club alternative pick, has been translated into nine languages. The film version starring Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood is scheduled for release in fall 2015. Jean Hegland is a frequent presenter at writers' conferences and has taught creative writing for many years. Her pastimes include beekeeping and reading poetry at a local memory care facility. She lives in Healdsburg, California.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Masterful novel that will touch your heart By Marjorie Cunningham This is a very moving story about a Shakespeare scholar who has recently moved to a nursing home due to Alzheimer’s. Your heart will break as you witness his struggle to deal with the failure of language, memory and thought process. This is a man who memorized whole Shakespeare plays and now doesn’t know where he is or what day it is. At times, he leaves the strange and unfamiliar world of the nursing home behind as he travels in his mind to events of his past and loses himself in the stories written by Shakespeare. Other times, he’ll catch a glimpse of the past but will then lose the thread of thought and memory.The novel also explores his estranged relationship with his daughter, Miranda. A misunderstanding of many years ago still stands between them and the question throughout the book is whether there’s still time for them to make things right again. The book really brought home the truth of how finite our time on earth is.I loved the way the author included parts of Shakespeare throughout the story. John is so entrenched in his life-long study of Shakespeare that he speaks as though he were in a Shakespeare play and he compares all that has happened to him in his life to those stories of long ago. The story shows the importance of literature in our lives and how it anchors us more firmly to the world around us.It’s a slow moving book, yet I couldn’t tear myself away from it and was glued to its pages. The author is a master at bringing her characters to life and so realistically portraying their thoughts. It’s a heart wrenching book and it touched me deeply. This is the first book I’ve read by Jean Hegland but it certainly won’t be the last.This book was given to me by the publisher through Edelweiss in return for an honest review.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Don't be put off: it's not just a story about Alzheimer's By Samuel Geller If, like me, you have an aversion to disease stories (usually they are uplifting cancer stories), or you have family members with Alzheimer's and can't stomach reading a novel about it, don't be put off. "Still Time" is not ABOUT the disease, or, I should say it transcends the disease that afflicts its main character. Rather, it's a book about memory and redemption, and, not least, the power of Shakespeare's art to inform a 21st century life. I read it because I loved Hegland's "Windfalls" and "Into the Forest." Here you find the same lush prose, careful craftsmanship, and another story about family relationships--here, one between father and daughter. But what I enjoyed most about "Still Time" was the book's intellectual story, which is beautifully woven into its emotional one. As a casual but uninformed theater goer who has enjoyed Shakespearean theater, I suddenly wanted to sit down and carefully read King Lear and Winter's Tale and the rest of the so-called romances that, I learned, were written late in Shakespeare's career, and I can't wait for the chance to go to a Shakespeare festival. Hegland doesn't retell the plays, like Jane Smiley does in "A Thousand Acres." Instead, her character uses them to make sense of a life, just when he loses the capacity to make sense of the more mundane activities of daily living
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Or IS there? By Cat Shannon John is losing his mind. Or is he gaining insight into his past? This novel picks you up and drops you into a world most of us fear. Yet does it in such a way as to be entertaining, heartwarming, frustrating and wondrous, just as living serves us all. The beauty lies in his ability to fall back on his long love of Shakespeare although, all the studying, reading and teaching those tragedy/comedies have nothing on the final answers his quest to understand will bring. No one knows for sure what goes on in the mind of those who have lost all sense of time and current events, but Hegland makes if feels right. The ups and downs of memory loss are a maddening affair. Full of things unspoken, promises broken and love’s small tokens. I was hooked from the beginning and did not guess the ending. A wonderful tale to behold. I would recommend it to all as it surely expanded my attempts to understand from the inside. The characters are richly detailed and I was never as lost as John. I need to call all my family and tell them I love them. Right Now!A preview book was supplied free for an honest review.
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